Female Characters Written By Women VS How They Are Written By Men

It is obviously noticed how important a woman character is in a film. Even though at times these characters are just for comic relief and at times for the male characters to portray their “needs” towards them. There’s a huge difference as to how it is written. There’s a contradictory way on how a female character in a story is written by a male vs a female writer.

Down below is a list of such characters:

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1. Female friendship

Filhaal, written by Meghna Gulzar had a lot of subplots. Starting from motherhood, jealously, sensitivity, etc. But keeping all of those intact the real theme of true friendship was maintained. Shashank Ghosh’s wrote Veere Di Wedding, which only focused on very rich girls and how their life was literally tottering around men. No career, no sub-plots, no family orientation, nothing. Just men.

Filhaal Veere Di Wedding

2. Old and single women

Qarib Qarib Singlle, written by Kamna and Tanuja Chandra portrayed a single woman in her late 30s. She was ready to give her life a new start in all aspects, be it love or career. While Karn Johar’s film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai had an older woman, Miss Braganza which was just as a comic relief to the film. Nevertheless, she was way progressive in those times.

Qarib Qarib Singlle kuch kuch hota hai miss braganza

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3. Depiction of patriotism

Raazi a film based on saving the nation and working towards the betterment of it while being under the enemy’s eye almost every time was written by Meghna Gulzar. The female was the protagonist and caught all the attention while she kept the suspense on.

Rohit Shetty’s Simmba had a female character just a prop to be part of the music video. Sara Ali Khan in this film had way more songs than actual dialogues since the film only portrayed the male actor’s deeds when it came down to actually acting out of the plot.

Raazi simmba sara ali khan

4. Accepting their desires

Gauri Shinde’s Dear Zindagi clearly portrayed how Kiara tried a lot of ways to accept what she was. In the end, she sought help, understood her situation, accepted her past, and yearned for a new better one in a happy way.

On the other hand, Imtiaz Ali and Sajid Ali’s Cocktail had two girls fighting over a guy. The one who was more outgoing, loved to drink and extroverted one was the one to lose the guy and the one with more traditional values won over the guy.

Dear Zindagi Cocktail

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5. Bollywood moms

Gauri Shinde’s character Shashi in English Vinglish portrayed on being a whole new person without losing her actual identity. Sashi knew she was lacking behind and updated herself accordingly, so that she could blend in with pride. The films back in the ’90s like DDLJ had mothers who were just mothers. They had no identity of their own but just being the mom and the “Mrs” to her husband.

english vinglish ddlj mother

6. Women dealing with heartbreaks

Though heartbreaks are not always highlighted in Bollywood when they did get highlighted and received some recognition, people turned it all the way around. Zoya Khatar’s Luch By Chance showed that love is not what completes a woman. But in Rajat Mukherjee’s Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, the woman’s entire world became topsy-turvy because of a single heartbreak.

Luck By Chance Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya

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7. Comedy drama

Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd written by Reema Kagti featured different couples with different issues with a good story. And then we had Masti written by Milap Zaveri and Tushar Hiranandani which was full of stupid jokes and objectification of women and men’s inability to control their desires.

Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd Masti

Saw any difference?

Also read: Difference Between Male Characters Written By Women VS How They Are Written By Men

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Shreshtha is a student of English Honors at The Bhawanipur Education Society in Kolkata. With over 3 years of experience in digital media, content syndication, writing, and editing, she navigates through her academic and professional journey. In her spare time, she keeps a watchful eye on Bollywood, fashion, lifestyle, pop culture, and social media trends. There's no drama here, just a subtle commitment to staying in the loop. Shreshtha is always ready with a cup of tea to sip and spill.